I bought 5 Adult coloring books and I am using the pencils in them right now! I have a picture on my door. I used scotch tape to attach the picture by rolling it up into a double sided tape. I am working on these while I am waiting to do a portrait of Parmahansa Yogananda in oils on canvas. I need to buy a smock to protect my clothing and some vinyl to protect my floors before I do it. I really love the prismacolor pencils as they are so vibrant. They have some really beautiful colors. I received my mail in a timely fashion, too. An added bonus.

I have used several color pencils over the years but most of them were wax based which causes alot of even color dispersal but they tend to not blend as well. Second because they are wax they are usually not eraseable. I happened to come across the knowledge of the existence of the col erase pencils from a friend whos an art professional. He showed several artworks where he used the pencils as sketch tools before following them up with prismacolor markers which happen to be the same brand. [And are also sold on dickblic. Com] I used them for the same purpose. But have also realized the versatility of them when planning my layouts. And started learning how to blend with my markers.thanks to the eraser I never have to worry about early mistakes.Which for an artist whos teaching himself this is phenomenal. I would greatly recommend these pencils not just for the price alone because their very inexpensive for the quality. The only complaint could be theres not enough colors in the box, but you have all the base colors you need. And buying a bigger pack isnt necessary unless youre using them for full art peices using the medium consistently. But for now col. Erase pencils have my vote! Take care!

Bought these to learn to use color pencils and break into this media. I bought 2 pack I sharpened 1 with a hand held sharpener the other by x-acto knife. The one I sharpened with the handheld sharpener 3 of my pencils the wood chipped. The quality of the wood is not great the colors are decently vibrant. They lay down pretty smooth they erase well if you do not bore down and the layer decently. The 24 pack has great colors for how many you get. I believe its a decent value for just starting. Be aware that they smudge very easily.

These are really like graphite, they are very easy to remore and start again. The package of 24 has every color you would need to use by mixing your own colores right on the page. Was surprised how much I enjoy using this product.

We are a school and these are the pencils that our animation students use for traditional animation (especially carmine red and blue) and that our illustration and comic students use for construction lines. The different colors are very useful if used in combination with a lightboard and they are perfect for learning to draw.Even if we have switched to digital, our students are still buying them like crazy.

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